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A comment on Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative. Parent comment

Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by slothtrop on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @10:57AM (#34067666)
Insults are only effective because of their meaning. Terms like "idiot" and "stupid" mean exactly what they have from the outset in the medical field. You cannot divorce derogatory use from meaning, much as you would like to. But to follow your rationale, we'd be right on track by now for "retarded" being kosher, as other terms have replaced it. That has not happened.
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Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by oldgradstudent on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @11:14AM (#34067945)
Please stop the harmful use of the word kosher when not referring to Jewish dietary law. It trivializes the experience of people who deal with Kashrut issues.

I think I'm getting the hang of it ...

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Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by mbg721 on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @11:19AM (#34068013)
That's a little different, it's more like saying "Hey, the horse is escaping!" when the barn was already leveled to build a KFC which later became, briefly, a beeper store, and is now a place that sells THC-related goods.
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Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by oldgradstudent on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @11:29AM (#34068181)
The word master is on that list. It has common non-offensive meanings for almost a thousand years.
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Re:Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative by mbg721 on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @11:38AM (#34068338)
Darn, and I was so hoping to be a chess grand-good-at-things-person. How are the Guardians and the Commanders doing?
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